Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr. Samuel Naceno Agcaracar of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) as the new bishop of the Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on November 21
Sawant said, “Our inquiry has not progressed to a First Information Report (FIR), but based on our visit to the school, and reviewing the evidence, it is evident that Ried was the target of discrimination because he is a Christian.
Bishop Savarimuthu Arockiaraj of Tiruchirappalli Diocese, said, "We need to be meek and merciful to the suffering people of Manipur and it is our responsibility."